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Commit a charge for each cat or dog? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perpetrate

'commit' is the definition.
(I know that commit can be written as perpetrate)

'a charge for each cat or dog?' is the wordplay.
'a charge' becomes 'rate' (rate is a kind of charge).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'each' becomes 'per' ('per' can mean for each).
'cat or dog?' becomes 'pet' (I've seen this before).
'per'+'pet'='perpet'
'rate' after 'perpet' is 'PERPETRATE'.

(Other definitions for perpetrate that I've seen before include "Commit (a bad action)" , "Carry out, commit" , "perform" , "Be responsible for" , "Commit (crime)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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